• Dog's owner must be a member in good standing of the SSCA, and must have been a member at the time each submitted score was earned.
• All submitted scores must be verified by printouts from the AKC website.
• The contest year is defined as January 1 through December 31,
• All scores must be earned during the contest year.
• Owners applying for Herding Dog of the Year must submit a CHIC number or submit results for requirements for a CHIC number as specified by SSCA.
  NOTE: passing test results are not required for a dog to be eligible for this award.

Standard Schnauzer Herding Dog of the Year:

• Dog must have an AKC Trial Level Herding Title (HS or HI).
• Scoring is based on the average of the two (2) qualifying scores from the highest level of competition.

How will the Herding Dog of the Year winner be decided?
Member A submits scores of 90 and 92 from the Herding Started (HS) Level.
Member B submits scores of 85 and 88 from the Herding Intermediate (HI) Level.
Member B, being from the higher level, would receive the Herding Dog of the Year Award.

Standard Schnauzer Herding Dog of the Year: The SSCA offers one Annual Award Plaque to the owner(s) of the winning dog.

Space will be reserved for a photo honoring the Herding Dog of the Year on the inside back cover of the Pepper 'N Salt November issue. The photo should show the dog engaged in the activity for which he/she won the award and must be provided by the owner to the editors by the publication deadline for the appropriate issue. Printed information accompanying the photo is limited to the dog's name, sire and dam, and owner(s) and breeder(s) names. Photo size and layout are to be determined by the editors.

Printouts from the AKC website with the scores you are submitting underlined must be included with this form.

SEND COMPLETED AWARD APPLICATION TO:

Click here to fill out the Herding form
When completed, print it, and U.S. mail to the above address.
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Incomplete entries will not be accepted. All entries must be received in their entirety by the deadline.

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